Right, and they were so big on quality control before. It honestly seemed to have changed when they went to limiteds only and slowly getting worse. It's depressing to watch rods just explode all over your bench when you know you just plunked a good chunk o' change on it.
Other posts here from others about quality
http://lampworketc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=302785
And here is one of phoenix with pics.
http://www.lampworketc.com/forums/sh...hlight=phoenix